Structured Data Exchange Format

JSON, which stands for "JavaScript Object Notation," is a lightweight and widely adopted data interchange format used to store and exchange structured data between systems. It provides a human-readable and machine-parsable format that is easy to understand and work with. Originally inspired by JavaScript object syntax, JSON has become a popular choice for data representation in various programming languages and applications due to its simplicity and flexibility.

In JSON, data is organized into key-value pairs, where each key is a string and the corresponding value can be of various types, including strings, numbers, booleans, arrays, and nested objects. This structure makes JSON suitable for representing complex data hierarchies and relationships. JSON's simplicity lies in its minimalistic syntax—curly braces '{ }' denote objects, square brackets '[ ]' represent arrays, and colons ':' separate keys and values. Commas ',' separate key-value pairs or array elements. JSON's lightweight nature and ease of parsing have made it a preferred format for web APIs, configuration files, and data exchange between different software systems. It plays a crucial role in modern web development by enabling seamless communication and data sharing between front-end and back-end components of applications.